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The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.

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#Non-formal Education and Literacy

A four-hour drive from Luang Prabang, following an unpaved, twisting mountain track, is Xaysathan district in Lao PDR’s Sayaburi province, a beautiful mountain area on the border with Thailand. One village in the district, Baan Sathan, hosts less than 200...

The Ministry of Education Thailand has been promoting access to basic education for all children in Thailand regardless of their nationalities. Along the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province, more than 13,000 non-Thai children, including migrant and...

How do literacy rates fare over 50 years after declaring the 8 th September as the International Literacy Day? According to the latest data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, around the globe, over 750 million youth (15-24 years old) and adults (15+...

23-25 July, 2018 Four Wings Hotel, Sukhumvit 26, Bangkok An estimated 150,000 non-Thai children, including migrant children, have been enrolled in Thailand’s education system because of the efforts of the Government of Thailand and NGOs. However, more than...

Burdened by family, social and economic obligations, many women working in factories in Cambodia have had to either forgo basic education opportunities or never had a chance to enroll in the first place. The 2013 report by Ministry of Planning on Women and...